UP government curbing stubble burning
Virendra Singh Rawat Uttar Pradesh government has undertaken comprehensive measures to curb incidents of farm stubble burning to keep air pollution under check in the approaching winter season. The step…
Yogi government bullish on bioenergy domain
Virendra Singh Rawat Uttar Pradesh is bullish on the bioenergy segment and its potential to meet the future energy requirements in the state. Upping the ante on green energy, the…
Deepak Guptara feted for excellence in sugar industry
EP Bureau Deepak Guptara, one of India’s most respected sugar sector leaders, has been conferred with ‘Excellence Award 2023’ in recognition of his contribution towards development and modernisation of the…
Yogi 2.0 giving big push to millet cultivation
Virendra Singh Rawat In the year of millets, the Uttar Pradesh government is giving a major push to the cultivation of coarse cereals, which have been christened as ‘sri anna’…
Sugary sweet…UP mills preparing for sugarcane crushing
Virendra Singh Rawat In Uttar Pradesh, about 4.5 million farm households subsist directly on sugarcane farming, which has an agro economy of almost Rs 50,000 crore annually. Sugarcane product basket…
UP looking at bumper food grain, oilseed output
Virendra Singh Rawat The Uttar Pradesh government is expecting a bumper harvest of food grains and oilseeds at almost 45 million tonnes (MT) in the coming rabi season 2023-24. In…
IIT Kanpur to nurture 4 agri incubators in UP
Virendra Singh Rawat To drive farm prosperity in Uttar Pradesh, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur has announced to establish four agri-business incubators in the state. The proposed incubators…
Podcast – Ethanol is liquid gold
Virendra Singh Rawat Ethanol is liquid gold in the 21st century, which is facing tough climate change and ecology issues. Podcast -How is currency exchange rate fixed?
UP targetting paddy procurement of 7 million tonnes
Virendra Singh Rawat In the coming 2023-24 kharif marketing season, the Uttar Pradesh government is targetting paddy procurement of 7 million tonnes (MT). The procurement of paddy will commence on…
UP ships potato consignment to Latin America
Virendra Singh Rawat Bolstering the efforts of the Uttar Pradesh government to boost agricultural exports, the state has successfully tapped the export market in faraway Latin America. A consignment of…